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Fetal Surgery

Surgeons are increasingly finding ways to operate on fetuses while they are still in the womb. The operations can correct problems that in the past would have been fatal, or left the child with severe disabilities. But the operations raise many questions, including whether they are worth the cost and risk to the mother. Neil Tichner (TICK-nur) of member station WHYY in Philadelphia reports.

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